The author made a small mistake in the previous chapter.

The A field of the Little Chiba Sword Hall is an exclusive dojo for the members of the Chiba family, while the C field is a dojo exclusively for male apprentices who are not strong enough and all female apprentices.

Thanks to the book friend [Colorful Carrot] for catching insects, the author has made changes. (Leopard Death.jpg)

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"Brother Chong, when did your apprentices here...become so bellicose?"

At this time, Chiba Tamonshiro, who was standing next to Chiba Jutaro and Sanako, suddenly interrupted.

He frowned slightly and cast suspicious eyes on Chiba Jutaro.

Qingdeng is no longer the unknown "idiot Deng" he once was.

Nowadays, Seito is a powerful swordsman who is known as the "Benevolent King" by relying on his strong strength to achieve extraordinary feats and great achievements in the "Three Times" of the Northern Bansho!

A high-minded person who wants to improve himself by competing with masters. An ambitious person who wants to gain fame for himself by defeating famous celebrities. He is full of disdain for lower-level samurai, so he simply dislikes Seito.

People...all over Edo, there are too many people who are eager to challenge the now famous Aoto.

Therefore, when the first few people to go into battle...that is, Wada, Taniguchi and others invited Aoto to fight, Chiba Tamon Shiro didn't find it very strange, he just thought it was reasonable.

It wasn't until he saw that after Wada and Taniguchi, there were still so many people coming on the stage one after another to challenge Aoto, Chiba Tamon Shiro couldn't help but start to murmur.

In Shiro Chiba's impression, Chiba-chan is not a swordsman with strong martial arts.

Chiba Sadayoshi has a gentle personality, perhaps influenced by the gentle personality of the owner. On the whole, the "aggression" of the small Chiba Sword Hall is not strong.

Although there are militants, they are not numerous.

Because of this, Chiba Tamonshiro felt so confused about the scenes that were happening in front of him.

When did the apprentices of the Little Chiba Sword Hall become so bellicose?

One after another...as if they were agreed in advance.

After hearing Chiba Tamonshiro's question, Chiba Jutaro raised his right eyebrow.

Then he showed an intriguing smile.

"Well..."

"Brother Duomen, until now, I have been wondering just like you why so many people suddenly want to challenge Mr. Tachibana."

"But now, I have discovered some clues."

Having said this, Chiba Jutaro paused for a moment, then turned his face and gaze to one side and looked at Sanako with strange eyes.

"Sanako, I think you should have noticed it, right?"

"This group of challengers from Mr. Tachibana...most of them are people who have boldly expressed their love to you and pursued you openly."

"...I discovered it as early as when Taniguchi came on stage." Sanako said coldly.

Sanako vaguely recognized the faces and names of those who had boldly and openly expressed love to her and pursued her.

Wada, who was the first to join the battle, and Taniguchi, who was the second, were both people who had... no, it should be said that they have never given up their pursuit of her until now, so Sanako had a deep impression on them both.

Therefore, as Sanako said herself just now - she had already realized something as early as when she saw Taniguchi coming up to challenge Aoden.

"..." Chiba Tamonshiro stopped talking.

Chiba Tamonshiro is not a dull-minded fool who is inexperienced in the ways of the world.

Just listening to these two conversations between Chiba Jutaro and Sanako, he already understood why so many people suddenly challenged Aoto.

Chiba Tamonshiro still knew how charming his talented and beautiful little cousin was.

And Chiba Tamonshiro had also heard that Qingnobo and his little cousin had a good relationship recently.

"...So it's because of this."

Chiba Tamonshiro let out a long breath.

"That is to say - Sanako, Tachibana-kun's 'tachikiri' happened because of you..."

Likiri: A special martial arts confrontation mode. Everyone takes turns fighting the challenger until the challenger collapses from exhaustion.

Aoto, who is being served by the "Sanako Pursuit Army" in a wheel battle, can basically be regarded as accepting the cruel "Tachikiri" challenge.

"..." Sanako did not respond to Chiba Tamonshiro's emotion.

She remained silent, with only some subtle changes in her expression - the light in her beautiful eyes swayed slightly.

"It's so boring..."

Chiba Tamonshiro curled his lips.

"It's actually just to get jealous that I take turns challenging Mr. Tachibana like this."

"Brother Chong, what are you going to do in this situation?"

"What should I do?" Chiba Jutaro asked.

"Tachibana-kun has defeated eight people in a row." Chiba Tamonshiro said solemnly, "If Tachibana-kun continues to win like this... the little Chiba Sword Hall will be in disgrace."

"Why don't we just try to stop this boring fight caused by jealousy?"

With the same person as the opponent, against so many disciples, none of them won, and all of them lost - this kind of thing is very disgraceful in any sword hall.

The Little Chiba Sword Hall is also one of the important facades of the Chiba family.

Even if we don't talk about the utilitarian gains and losses, just from the perspective of family affection such as "I don't want to see the sword hall run by my relatives being shamed", Chiba Tamonshiro doesn't want to see the little Chiba sword hall.

Facial damage.

"Are you shameless..."

When Chiba Jutaro heard this, he showed a thoughtful expression and folded his hands on his chest.

After a moment, he turned his head and grinned at Chiba Tamonshiro.

"Brother Duomen, what you said makes sense...but I don't think this is a bad thing."

"Just let Mr. Tachibana continue fighting like this."

"Huh?" Chiba Tamonshiro's eyes widened in confusion.

"First of all, Brother Duomen, now it's not 'Tachibana-kun is challenging the apprentices of our Little Chiba Sword Hall', but 'our apprentices of the Little Chiba Sword Hall are challenging Mr. Tachibana'."

Chiba Jutaro said slowly.

"Qingdeng is not the one who kicked the ball, he is the one being challenged. He has been passively accepting the challenges from others from the beginning to the end."

"If the battle is stopped because Tachibana-kun is too strong and the apprentices were beaten too badly, it will make our little Chiba Sword Hall look too petty."

"For me... now is a good opportunity to give a good lesson to some of the apprentices in our sword hall."

Chiba Jutaro let out a sigh of relief.

"Father and I discovered a long time ago...some of the apprentices in our academy are too arrogant and think too highly of themselves."

"Because I am an apprentice at the Little Chiba Sword Hall, I am arrogant and think that I am the best among all my peers."

"Although confidence is a good thing... but if you are too confident in martial arts, you may lose your life."

"My father and I both tried to correct the blindness of some apprentices, but the results were not very satisfactory."

"Therefore... let's take this opportunity and let Jun Ju come and help wake up some people."

"After being defeated so miserably by Mr. Ju's sword, some people should be able to wake up more or less."

"I hope that as many people as possible can understand these two principles."

"Since you have the courage to challenge others, you must have the courage to bear all serious consequences, including disastrous defeat."

"There are as many masters in the world as crucian carp crossing the river. The world outside the Little Chiba Sword Hall is huge and there are many masters."

"But..." Chiba Tamonshiro said hesitantly.

But just as he had time to say "but", he was interrupted in advance by Chiba Jutaro, who had already guessed what he wanted to say:

"Brother Duomen, don't cling to the so-called 'fame'."

Chiba Jutaro said quietly.

"You seem to have forgotten what the sword hall is for."

"The sword hall is a place to teach swordsmanship and a place to educate others."

"I don't deny the importance of 'fame' to a sword hall, but I think it should not be listed as the primary goal of a sword hall."

"If you neglect the training of apprentices for something as illusory as 'fame', then you are putting the cart before the horse."

"I believe that if my father were here now, he would definitely agree with my idea and support my approach of 'let Mr. Tachibana continue to fight'."

"Father, he has no reason to disapprove and support me."

Chiba Jutaro, who looked helpless, sighed with emotion.

"Father, he is really fond of Mr. Tachibana now..."
To be continued...